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February 1, 2011 (San Diego’s East County) -- ECM World Watch helps you be an informed citizen about the most important issues globally and nationally.
Top world and U.S. headlines recently include:
- Ice, snow wreaks havoc from Texas to New England (10 News)
- Rising food prices can topple governments, too (NPR)
- More than 102 dead and thousands of prisoners on loose in Egypt (London Daily Mail)
- Charter flights to carry thousands of Americans out of Egypt (CNN)
- South Sudan votes 99% to separate from North (Reuters)
- Bachman eyes health cuts to veterans (RawStory)
- U.S. Agents tracking down sex tourists in Cambodia (BBC News)
- Clooney's satellite project shows troups along Sudan's border (Global Post)
ICE, SNOW WREAKS HAVOC FROM TEXAS TO NEW ENGLAND
Residents stock up on food, snow shovels
February 1, 2011 (10 News) Layers of dangerous ice and blowing snow closed roads and airports from Texas to Rhode Island on Tuesday as a monster storm began bearing down on the nation and those in its frigid path started to believe it would live up to its hype.
http://www.10news.com/weather/26687321/detail.html
RISING FOOD PRICES CAN TOPPLE GOVERNMENTS TOO
January 30, 2011 (NPR)--Political unrest has broken out in Tunisia, Yemen, Egypt and other Arab countries. Social media and governmental policies are getting most of the credit for spurring the turmoil, but there's another factor at play.
Many of the people protesting are also angry about dramatic price hikes for basic foodstuffs, such as rice, cereals, cooking oil and sugar.
http://www.npr.org/2011/01/30/133331809/rising-food-prices-can-topple-go...
MORE THAN 102 DEAD AND THOUSANDS OF PRISONERS ON THE LOOSE IN EGYPT AS 30,000 STRANDED BRITONS STRUGGLE TO LEAVE
January 30, 2011 (London Daily Mail) - Around 30,000 British tourists were stranded in Egypt today as army planes buzzed low over Cairo on the sixth day of uprisings.
At least 102 people have been killed, more than 2,000 are injured and there were calls for a multi-party democracy to emerge as President Hosni Mubarack's grip on power loosens.
Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1351826/Egypt-protests-U-S-advis...
CHARTER FLIGHTS TO CARRY THOUSANDS OF AMERICANS OUT OF EGYPT
January 30, 2011 (CNN) --Charter flights that begin Monday will ferry the first of thousands of Americans away from the escalating crisis in Egypt, the State Department said.
http://www.cnn.com/2011/US/01/30/egypt.us.flights/index.html?hpt=T2
SOUTH SUDAN VOTES 99% TO SEPARATE FROM NORTH
January 31, 2011 (Reuters) -- Reuters) - South Sudan almost unanimously voted to declare independence from the north in a referendum, officials said on Sunday, sparking mass celebrations in the southern capital Juba.
http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/01/30/us-sudan-referendum-idUSTRE70T...
BACHMAN EYES HEALTH CUTS TO VETERANS
January 28, 2011 (RawStory) -- Tea party hero Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-MN) this week proposed a blueprint to eliminate $400 billion from the federal budget, which included billions in cuts to veterans' health care and disability benefits.
Her plan would freeze health care funding for the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), and slash $4.5 billion in disability benefits to military veterans.
http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2011/01/bachmann-veterans-cuts/
THE U.S. AGENTS TRACKING DOWN SEX TOURISTS IN CAMBODIA
January 29, 2011 (BBC News)-- As part of an initiative to protect children from sexual predators, including those who travel overseas, special US agents operating in South East Asia have brought more than 80 alleged child sex tourists back to America to face justice.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-12298870
CLOONEY’S SATELLITE PROJECT SHOWS TROOPS ALONG SUDAN’S BORDER
January 26, 2011 (Global Post) --The Sudan army has deployed troops, light armor and artillery along the volatile Abyei border area between North and South Sudan, according to the Satellite Sentinel Project, co-founded by George Clooney.
http://www.globalpost.com/dispatch/africa/110126/clooneys-satellite-proj...
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